Weather radar
- Training
Ø Some short courses on radar meteorology, by NOAA’s Operational Support Facility in Norman OK [designed for forecasters]
Ø NOAA's Operations Training Branch : practical info on the WSR 88-D
Ø Clear-air radar observations of a sea breeze front (nice theory)
Ø applet to obtain beam height and width as function of range and elevation angle
Ø atmospheric science observing systems, by NCAR ASP
Ø composite radar imagery and RUC analyses for the July 14-15 1998 MCS: role of LL shear and water vapor (Tuttle et al, 2003)
Ø Current WSR-88D imagery, plus national composite, from NCAR RAP, NOAA, U Michigan, U Wyoming
Ø 8 km and 2 km composite radar reflectivity over the USA, from the Global Hydrology and Climate Center, Huntsville (~30 min old, zoom in to a 2 km resolution)(login: virga password: Drizzle)
Ø archive of images for the last two weeks, both NIDS variables for all WSR-88D radars, and regional composites, from NCAR RAP
Ø archive of 8 km US reflectivity composite data, since 1995, from the National Climate Data Center
Ø Intellicom: radar summary of my own part of the world: animation, cell movement, precip type (commercial!)
Ø Stormwatch (radar composites and severe weather watches)
- current radar
reflectivity imagery elsewhere
Ø Canada, from Environment Canada
Ø Mexico
Ø Europe (simplified)
Ø Australia, from the Bureau of Meteorology
Please let me know if you know of a site that shows operational real-time radar imagery from other places around the world.
HOME - Last update: April 11, 2003. Please email corrections and new sites to Bart Geerts